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Managing Project Assumptions & Risks

We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily.  Without them, we would spend innumerable hours worrying about everything.  We assume our car will start.  Our air conditioner will work.  The weather forecast is accurate.   These daily assumptions are banal.  Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful.  read more

Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

Software projects have two measures of success.  First, building and implementing working software.  Second, having people use and adopt it.  Project managers tend to focus their attention on delivering the application.  But the project’s real success rests on user adoption.    read more